slow starting

leetac

hello
i have a 89 gas club car. runs good but once it warms up it becomes slow to start. it gets gas and always starts it just has a 30 to 45 second delay before it starts. is there a place i should start? i can replace all start components but id rather notif i dont have too.
any help would be greatly apreciated.

BGW

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BLACK DEATH

When you say start, are you saying it cranks but wont turn on, or it wont turn over as the starter wont turn the motor over?

leetac

it sounds like a low battery when not starting. it will back fire a little so i know its getting gas. i checked battery and even charged battery. drove around my loop several times stopping and starting. could i have a relay going bad or maybe a coil? it always fires up just slow doing it. i have even tried different positions of the gas pedal. did not make a difference

crash12888

So the motor is spinning over as soon as you push the pedal, it just takes 30 - 40 seconds to start and rev up, correct?

leetac

yes motor aleays turns over. it sounds like a low battery when it hesitates.
but when i get back to the garage battery test good. it always runs just has that hesitation

crash12888

You might need to check starter brushes and armature,
Lets start small, Take a spare spark plug with you and when it gets hot and you try to restart, pull the plug wire and stick in the new plug on the block to see if you have fire.
If yes, I would check compression and then consider maybe valve clearance adjustment.

leetac

thank you. iwill try that in the morning i will let you know it turns out.

shadowman

if you want you can check 3 of the 4 starter brushes without doing anything to starter just take a look around the edge you,ll see black rubber covers they are square about an inch or a bit more long.........just pop it out look at brush and pop it back in again..........if you find you need brushes you,ll need to remove the starter...........................................

leetac

thanks for the help Crash12888 and Shadowman. I replaced brushes (they needed it pretty bad) and found starter belt slipping. How hard is it to ghange belt?

invalidsession

Remove the clutch belt; pull the starter belt away from the top pulley and rotate the drive clutch to allow the s/g belt to ride over the pulley lip and fall off. Reverse to replace.

Chris.